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State Senator John Sullivan was asked for his resignation today as Illinois Director of Agriculture by Governor Pritzker, as a result of forwarded email issue from the summer of 2012. I posted below John’s Resignation Statement with our regrets and the continued full faith and support of myself and many others as to the highly admirable character of John Sullivan. This too shall pass.
Please keep the Sullivan’s in your thoughts and prayers at this time.
Thank you
1-13-2020 Statement from former State Senator John Sullivan;
This past weekend, Governor Pritzker’s General Counsel notified me that an August 2012 email from Mike McClain to Governor Quinn’s staff referenced my name as state senator and McClain’s advocacy on behalf of my constituent, Forrest Ashby.
That information led me to conduct a review of my own personal emails from that same period of time. My search discovered a forwarded copy of McClain’s July 31, 2012 email reported by WBEZ. I shared this information with Governor Pritzker’s General Counsel.
The summer of 2012 was a stressful time for me. I was in the middle of a state senate reelection campaign, as well as preparing for and undergoing cancer surgery in Baltimore, MD. I was already well aware of McClain’s efforts to keep me informed of his advocacy on behalf of Ashby, and l simply did not read the entire forwarded email.
Had I read the email thoroughly, my reaction would have been disgust and I would have immediately notified proper authorities. Nevertheless, the email was in my inbox and not reading the entire email led to my failure to immediately respond as I would have.
Bottom Line, I accept responsibility for what was truly an unintentional oversight and the subsequent inaction.
In light of these circumstances, Governor Pritzker asked for and I submitted my resignation as Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture effective immediately.
It has been an honor to serve Illinois and the agriculture industry. I cannot say enough about the outstanding and dedicated employees at the Illinois Department of Agriculture and all they accomplished this last year.
John Sullivan
Please keep the Sullivan’s in your thoughts and prayers at this time.
Thank you
1-13-2020 Statement from former State Senator John Sullivan;
This past weekend, Governor Pritzker’s General Counsel notified me that an August 2012 email from Mike McClain to Governor Quinn’s staff referenced my name as state senator and McClain’s advocacy on behalf of my constituent, Forrest Ashby.
That information led me to conduct a review of my own personal emails from that same period of time. My search discovered a forwarded copy of McClain’s July 31, 2012 email reported by WBEZ. I shared this information with Governor Pritzker’s General Counsel.
The summer of 2012 was a stressful time for me. I was in the middle of a state senate reelection campaign, as well as preparing for and undergoing cancer surgery in Baltimore, MD. I was already well aware of McClain’s efforts to keep me informed of his advocacy on behalf of Ashby, and l simply did not read the entire forwarded email.
Had I read the email thoroughly, my reaction would have been disgust and I would have immediately notified proper authorities. Nevertheless, the email was in my inbox and not reading the entire email led to my failure to immediately respond as I would have.
Bottom Line, I accept responsibility for what was truly an unintentional oversight and the subsequent inaction.
In light of these circumstances, Governor Pritzker asked for and I submitted my resignation as Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture effective immediately.
It has been an honor to serve Illinois and the agriculture industry. I cannot say enough about the outstanding and dedicated employees at the Illinois Department of Agriculture and all they accomplished this last year.
John Sullivan
Dr. Janel K. Harris, aged 70 years, 8 months, 22 days (March 20, 1949 – December 12, 2019), passed into the Lord's Kingdom after a courageous and heroic struggle to overcome a very aggressive phase of multiple myeloma, called plasma cell leukemia
Blanche “Jan” Mathers (née Wilkins), age 77, of Macomb, Ill., passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 28 after spending a lovely day with friends and family; beloved wife of Richard Mathers for 54 years; loving mother of Suzanne (Robert) Fuhr, Scott (Yana Fisher) Mathers, and Sara Mathers; proud grandmother of John & Jacob Fuhr; dear sister of the late Addison Wilkins; also predeceased by loving parents, Roland and Lavalette Wilkins; aunt, cousin, & friend of many, Jan will be dearly missed.
Dec 8 at 2 - 4pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Macomb.
Dec 8 at 2 - 4pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Macomb.
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